Fredric Abeles

Freddy Abeles was born in Ottawa Canada. His father (Joseph) and uncles before him (Danny and Seymour) were well-respected stage actors in Buffalo, New York who performed Shakespeare and a variety of burlesque-style comedies in the tradition of the Marx Brothers. His mother, also from Canada, was an artist and feminist in the tradition of Emma Goldman. Freddy moved to New York City during the late 50's to begin a career in film-making. He had early success with an award-winning documentary called "I Wonder Why," an homage to the civil rights movement. Freddy worked as a camera operator and Director of Photography on a number of features and television shows, as well as a director and producer on a number of documentaries and industrial films.